Add to that a booming population—set to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050—and the math becomes startling. Experts predict we’ll need 70% more food to sustain humanity. But, here’s the problem – soil ...

According to the report, the restricted crop portfolio remains a major barrier to the technique’s global adoption. Vertical ...

MOKENA, Ill. (WLS) -- Derek Drake decided to think outside the box after losing his job during the pandemic. Or rather, think inside the box -- a 320 square foot shipping container to be exact. "I ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Take a shipping container in the San Fernando Valley, add low-income, at-risk children and teens, and you get – kale? A fruitful partnership between the City of Los Angeles, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hank Kim shows how herbs are grown vertically at the Square Roots hydroponic farm, which utilizes 20 shipping containers to create ...

Vertical farming has become one of the buzzwords for a new type of modern farming. It can allow for the growth of an acre of crops in about 300 square feet, about the same area as a shipping container ...

DENVER — Amidst the quaint shops and trendy restaurants along Tennyson Street in north Denver, you'll find Vital Root. It's a 100% employee-owned restaurant that offers a vegetable based menu, and ...

An East Setauket "vertical" farm where crops are grown inside shipping containers has become so successful that its owner says he is ready to expand and move elsewhere. Ryan McGann told Newsday his ...

MARION COUNTY, Fla. — Few things are more pressing for college students than exam-time stress and shopping on a tight budget. And as University of Florida sophomore Amelia Ernst works on the art of ...

Vertical farming may be an effective way of boosting the local food supply but it isn’t feasible as a municipal operation, city councillors were told.